K’iche’

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Hi-Lo 5: Pascuas

By First Person Foreign on December 22, 2018

This morning I woke up, for some reason, at 8.

In Guatemala there is a thing called Madrugada. It means the hour you wake up in the morning. We don’t have a word for this in the US because everyone wakes up at different times but culturally, Guatemala wakes up…

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The Double Graduation Day

By First Person Foreign on December 9, 2018

I write this post to recount an especially long day. Some days do feel very long in Peace Corps, and as boring as it feels sometimes to be in the pueblo, a lot can happen in one day.
November 9:
I was sleeping so deeply when my alarm(s) shook me into…

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Fin de Semana with My Golden Ladies

By First Person Foreign on November 6, 2018

My host family and I can kick it with K’iche’ slang. Do not get me wrong, they are respectful, dignified and hard-working women, but from time to time we like to say things that elicit the expression of the sly emoji. You know, the one where the mouth is…

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